Abstract
Hypospadias defines a congenital anomaly of the penis in which the urethral meatus opens proximal to the normal location. Most commonly, the meatus is located on the proximal glans or in the region of the coronal margin, but it can be found on the penile shaft, within the scrotum, or on the perineum. Typically, boys also have an incomplete dorsal foreskin and may exhibit ventral bending of the penis. Within the spectrum of related anomalies are boys with the urethral meatus properly located on the glans who have an incomplete foreskin and may also have ventral curvature, so-called chordee without hypospadias.
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Snodgrass, W. (2014). Hypospadias. In: Rabinowitz, R., Hulbert, W., Mevorach, R. (eds) Pediatric Urology for the Primary Care Physician. Current Clinical Urology. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-243-8_30
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